Filipino director Brillante Mendoza told AFP at the Venice film festival on Thursday that he wanted to show a different side of the Muslim communities in a conflict-wracked part of the Philippines. is new film “Sinapupunan” (“Thy Womb”), premiering in Venice and one of the 18 movies vying for the prestigious Golden Lion award at the world’s oldest film festival, is set on the islands of Tawi-Tawi in the Mindanao region. It tells the story of a wife who cannot conceive and sets out with her husband to find a surrogate mother. he misinterpretation is that it’s a very violent place, very aggressive and very dangerous but it’s not,” Mendoza, whose last film “Captive” starring Isabelle Huppert premiered in the Philippines this week, said in an interview.